Amputees
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Topic: Amputees
Posted By: globetrotter
Subject: Amputees
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 17:38
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Despite having visited other developing/ poor countries (e.g. India & Kenya) I have never seen as many amputees before as I have since living in Brazil.
It makes me a little nervous if I ever have to go into hospital here... " appendix trouble sir? Well, chopping off your arm/leg should cure it!"
 Seriously though, has anyone else noticed this  ------------- - Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brazilian women may not ALL be beautiful - but there would appear to be fewer ugly ones! |
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Posted By: 3casas
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 21:56
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You hanging around the beach in Recife? Or does Joao Pessoa possibly have a little tiny blemish on its shining golden exterior? (for pete's sake i mean it jokingly. really. i'd even mean it in the nicest possible way if it wouldn't make me a plagiarist.) |
Posted By: globetrotter
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 22:07
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Maybe those people I see are refugee shark fishermen from Recife - and it doesn`t bother me at all what you say about JP - don`t live there, never been there. I'm in Salvador.
It could of course be due to the delightful Brazilian practice of holding onto live fireworks. There doesn't seem to be a firework code here. Parents dont discourage their little ones from doing the same either.
Maybe I can expect to see a new crop of amputees with São João fast approaching  ------------- - Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brazilian women may not ALL be beautiful - but there would appear to be fewer ugly ones! |
Posted By: 3casas
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 23:16
Early in our relationship Mr 3Casas burned off a strip of his hair, burned his face and temporarily deafened himself in just this intelligent way. Was very nearly a deal-breaker. |
Posted By: Bahiana77
Date Posted: 27 May 2008 at 13:41
| One thing is that in Salvador I find amputees very visible as beggars, more so than any other Brazilian city of the many I've been to. The first time I saw a guy board the bus on his stomach, pulling himself up the stairs by his arms, I was appalled (and continue to be). |
Posted By: Simonjs
Date Posted: 27 May 2008 at 14:45
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I did notice quite a few people missing legs in Recife, i assume it's a mixture of bikes and in particular motorbikes + bare feet/flipflops = trouble Combined with perhaps the use of prosthetics being more limited making legless people stand out more at a glance. ------------- Scorchio! Scorchio! Scorchio! |
Posted By: DUNGA
Date Posted: 28 May 2008 at 19:57
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Apparently here in  http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p208/DUNGA_photos/lula.jpg -
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Posted By: noodle456
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 14:33
Of course not *cough cough* |
Posted By: Victoria2005
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 21:46
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here in Porto Alegre, i cant say i have noticed many amputees. but i have seen a lot of spare legs and arms lying about. let me know if you want them sent up to Salvador.
just kidding.
But seriously - you say brazil has a lot of amputees compared to other developing countries you have seen.... pop by Cambodia sometime - it'll break your heart.
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Posted By: kingnomes
Date Posted: 16 June 2012 at 19:27
| Hi there, I am from Florida, but living in Brazil. I am also an amputee. May I ask you a serious question. If you are in Salvador, WHERE, what neighborhood you see then mostly those amputees you are talking about, are that mostly man or woman? just interested because I am trying to set up an article about amputees in Brazil, and their situations. All help is more then welcome. Alex |
Posted By: expatinbrasil
Date Posted: 18 June 2012 at 20:28
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Yeah, there are quite few people with missing limbs in Salvador. I've seen them in all different parts of town. There's a guy with one leg who I often see in an office bldg in an upscale neighborhood near Salvador Shopping. Just the other day, I noticed a guy with only one arm in the neighborhood, Brotas. There's a guy that walks around Baixa dos Sapateiros who has a severely swollen foot and calf that looks like it's rotting away...gangreen maybe?? There's another guy in the same shape in the Centro area who sits in a wheelchair with a cup in his hand. Another guy with no legs goes bus to bus singing. His arms are really muscular. I also remember seeing an Asian woman in the neighborhood, Ondina, with no arms. |
Posted By: nesne2
Date Posted: 18 June 2012 at 21:42
| There are quite a few here in Rio too. My friend says it is because there is so much untreated diabetes. Which would make sense. Maybe in India the rates of diabetes are lower, plus medical treatment might be non-existent because it is a much poorer country, meaning the poor person with Gangreene just dies. Where here they get treatment when they finally go in but by that point the only "treatment" is to cut of the limb. Makes sense? |
Posted By: Escy
Date Posted: 19 June 2012 at 11:58
| My guess would be the diabolical standards on the roads. Everyone takes loads of risks, especially bikers who wear no safety gear. If you wear a pair of shorts, I guess you don't need to be going that fast for you to strip the flesh to bone. |
Posted By: finrudd
Date Posted: 20 June 2012 at 08:21
| I have also wondered about this in SP, but I think the point about prosthetic being available is also valid - also , in a country where people are more often wearing shorts and t-shirts it's perhaps even more evident. |
Posted By: GreatBallsoFire
Date Posted: 20 June 2012 at 12:10
------------- Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia nobis. Oi amigo, pode trazer a saideira? |
Posted By: Ferguson21
Date Posted: 21 June 2012 at 00:59
| It's quite simple. In the first world they will do everything to rescue your arm/leg or whatever. In Brazil they just cut it off: problem solved. No kidding, Ive seen this several times. |